The fees for converting to USD can be very high for some credit/debit cards. As the fee is done per transaction it can get very expensive if you doing multiple transactions. Sometimes the charge at the bank is more than what the acutal value of the product is.

Some people may not be aware of this as the charge is generaly done at the bank and not shown in the total on the site.

For example one bank in the UK is charging 2% with a minimum of 1.75 GBP to maximum 5.00 GBP per transaction.

If you buy 100 Bits at 1.68 USD it gets converted to 1.34 GBP and then a 1.75 GBP charge is added on top at the bank making it a total of 3.09 GBP.

Having local currency would avoid a extra cost we have on our end at the bank to convert to USD.

The idea is to allow Streamers to award a single tier 1 Subscription per month for Free with no monetary cost or pay out for the streamer.

This would allow followers to make use of the chat emotes, stop pre-roll adds and even allow them to use sub only chat for one month.

After the month is up, the recipient may be more inclined to pay out for a sub in order to keep the Emotes and to stop Adds.

Streamers could use these Free subs as Prizes after hitting a new goal or rewards to returning viewers or just plain randomly gifting someone the chance to be a sub for free.

I think this would increase interest in subbing in the future and help to promote smaller streamers.

A while back, the ability to gift subs instantly appeared alongside the selection to gift out subscriptions. Then it disappeared for a while... then it came back again recently! The ability to gift subs instantly helps expedite the process of randomly gifting out channel subscriptions which is fantastic for when you want to frequently give out a small amount of subscriptions.

However, this is also a potentially destructive user action as a simple misclick can lead to an accidental charge of anywhere up to 499.00 USD, or even higher if a typo is present in the custom quantity input.

Since human error is a staple of modern web usage I have two potential ideas to ease the amount of personal responsibility involved in gifting out a subscription:

1. Limit the threshold for gifting subs instantly. This would make it so that you can still gift out smaller amounts instantly, but will otherwise be prompted first when preparing to spend more outrageous amounts.

2. Add a profile toggle to turn the "Instantly" part of this feature on or off. When gifting subs instantly is disabled the gift sub window will behave as it did prior to this addition, prompting you regardless of how many gift subs you plan to purchase.

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Regardless of what kind of safeguard is implemented the ultimate goal of this feedback is to prevent accidental charges resulting from predictable user error.

Thank you for reading.

Streamer Toggle - Show/Hide Cancellation Reasons

I'm not a large streamer, but hear me out. There's an argument that a streamer shouldn't see the reasons why others cancel subscriptions as it might cause resentment toward their community.. and I see and hear the validation toward mental health and awareness. I think the easiest solution here would be a toggle that would allow the anxiety to be skipped, and for a streamer who identifies that they might develop resentment towards their community to dodge the resentment. Have the toggle to 'hide' the reasons on by default on roll-out, and a streamer would have the choice to view cancellation reasons.

I think that seeing the cancellation reasons as a broadcaster would allow for potential invaluable feedback on content and understanding, and denying a streamer this knowledge would be impeding growth. Knowing that a portion of your audience unsubbed because you stopped playing <insert voxel game> and started playing <insert shooter game> is important knowledge, and while it might cause anxiety or resentment in some, it is valued knowledge for others. The best 'all around' solution to this issue would be to provide the knowledge to the streamer, but in a way that those who are concerned about knowing won't be 'swimming' in the knowledge on day 1. The toggle solution, with the information 'hidden' by default is that best all around solution.

Firstly I'd like to praise Twitch in listening to my previous idea regarding 'Local Sub Pricing' https://twitch.uservoice.com/forums/310231-subscriptions/suggestions/42603280-fair-payments-and-payouts

However there is one element of this that still seems unfair. In almost every aspect/part of the world there is generally an 'adult price' and a 'kids price' so for Twitch I also feel that if an account is verified as that of a person under the age of 18 (maybe you'll need to verify ID or something so this system would not be abused) they should certainly be paying no more than half-price for their subscriptions and gifted subscriptions.

Using the US price as an example, $4.99 is a lot of money a month for someone Under-18 and I feel you'll get a lot more subscriptions charging just $2.49 a month.

Thanks for considering!

Hello Twitch Team,

I use bits very much and also like gifted subs. Unfortunately I have the "problem" with the subs that you can only buy and spend them directly.

Therefore, it would be great if you can buy and store gifted subs, similar to bits, to allocate them specifically.

This would have the advantage for users that you can buy a large package and not always have individual bills.
For Twitch it has the advantage that you already have the money and it must be given later to the streamer.
In addition, the User would certainly tend to spend more money for gifted subs.

Greetings
Feya